Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| She / in blue / dresses / very often |
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| several times a year / My car / breaks down |
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| often / Mike / eats / pizza / for dinner |
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| Tom / help you / if you need it / will / rarely |
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| dress / I / Can / always / in green? |
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| They / never / can / listen |
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| in the mornings. / very tired / am / usually / Something is the matter with me. I |
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| oranges / I / hardly ever / eat |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| when you talk to her / She / rarely / listens |
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| They / usually / need / some help with the homework |
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| always / win / Does / Kevin / ? |
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| Do / feel tired? / often / you |
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| is / always / She / asking me questions |
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| usually / go / once a year / I / to the dentist |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| twice / phoned / she / Yesterday, / me |
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| go / to the hairdresser's / once a month / usually / I |
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| often / John / is / late |
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| you / at home? / Do / have lunch / usually |
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| have / We / soup / every other day |
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| often / go / to the disco? / you / How / do |
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| five times / I / saw / it |
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| at 8 a.m. / get up / always / I |
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| know / I / what to say / never |
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| some petrol / every other day. / I travel a lot. I / need |
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| I / three times a week / go / to the gym |
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| to help me / come / My parents / very often |
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| go / Do / every day / you / ? / to the gym |
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| My parents / go on holiday / almost never |
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| your car keys / You / find / never / can |
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| I / have to go / day in, day out / shopping |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
